Chapter Fourteen Jake #2
“Oh, you would be surprised what people call art these days. Some of the things I’ve seen in galleries around the world just baffle me. Gran could be sitting on a million-dollar fortune with those blobs of paint. You just never know.” He snorts as he grabs two beers out of the fridge.
“Find me a canvas and some paint then, because I could use that kind of money.”
Chase laughs at me not knowing the truth behind that statement. I really could use the money, that kind of cash could fix everything.
Ashley
Waking up in Jake’s arms is the best way to start the day.
Well, weekend, actually. It’s the first weekend of summer and my first official one off.
After yesterday’s Fourth of July fireworks celebration in town, I’ve never been so glad we don’t have to get up early.
Last night was a long and tiring one, and after trying to settle all the animals who were spooked by the fireworks that went off incessantly, I’d been more than ready to crash.
Jake has spent the last month with Chase, working hard to get all the land at the vineyard back into perfectly fertile paddocks.
Making sure all the wires that the vines run along on were fixed and ready to hold the heavy crops as the grapes start to grow.
Trimming and pruning season has begun and it’s a lot.
And in the meantime, doing all the maintenance on the outside of the barn and Gran’s house ready for when Declan arrives in three days’ time, so they can start the next big project, which is the cellar and wine-making room.
But the best thing about the last month has been watching Jake find his happy place on Heatherbrae. I can see him falling more and more in love with the place as he starts to bring it back to life. I’m not sure he’s noticed that at the same time it’s bringing him back to life too.
I can’t believe it’s been four weeks since Beau started working at the clinic, fitting in far better than I could’ve hoped for.
He’s a good vet, so I don’t have to worry about my patients.
They are in safe hands. At times making me think back to the kind of vet Jeremy was.
How he would complain about everything from aggressive animals to the late hours.
Beau’s humor and laid-back attitude are going down well with the town, and of course, half the single women in Abbey Falls are after him.
I did try to warn him what it would be like as the new piece of man meat in town, but he just responded with “Bring it on.”
That Aussie guy is going to be breaking hearts all over town.
Thankfully Beau and Jake are getting along, now that Jake’s jealousy has settled.
I wouldn’t say it’s disappeared altogether, though, by the way he makes sure to kiss and touch me in front of Beau.
But we are starting to feel like one happy little family at the clinic.
Hell, Beau has even told me to head home from the clinic, that he’s got the last few patients handled so I could get some rest before I was on call for the night and to give me time to see Jake.
Jeremy never offered, not even once, to take any workload off me and complained profusely about callouts at night, so it was usually me that would do them.
How life can be so different with the right colleague! But I hope it continues.
The early-morning light is streaming through the bedroom window where we left the curtains open last night to look up at the stars. It’s easily becoming one of my favorite things to do.
My head is resting on Jake’s chest, and I can feel him starting to move at the same time, when his arms start to hug me that little bit tighter.
“Morning, beautiful.” That morning rasp in his voice is like turning the switch on for my body. It gets me every time.
“Good morning.” I raise my head to look up at him so I can kiss him. His stubble around his lips gives it that little bit of ruggedness.
“Oh, it’s good, alright. Your first weekend off, and what better way to start it than with morning sex.” He rolls us so he’s now on top, pinning me to the bed.
“You’re insatiable. Twice last night wasn’t enough?” I tease him, running my hands over his bare ass.
“Are you sore?” The softness in his voice shows me how much he cares. “I wasn’t gentle last night,” he asks with a sense of concern.
“No, you weren’t.” Biting down on my bottom lip, I can’t help but blush a little. “But I loved every single minute of it.”
“I aim to please.” He leans down, placing soft kisses on my neck, and I can feel myself getting wet already.
“There’s no denying that you please me, over and over again.” I sound breathy and already know I’m going to regret this. “But if you want me to be able to hike all day today, you need to rethink your morning wake-up ideas.”
“Ughhh.” His head drops onto the bed next to my neck, and I can’t do anything but laugh at him. “Looks like we aren’t going hiking then.”
“Oh my God, you’re ridiculous.” Pushing him off me, I scramble from the bed and stand naked with my hands on my hips.
“Yes, I am. But while you get to hike pain free, look at what I’ll be suffering with.” His hands frame his cock that is ready for a good time, standing straight up and looking for attention.
“And that there is why we aren’t fucking this morning. Look at the size of it.”
Now he’s not even trying to hide how much he likes hearing me say that as he gazes up at me with a proud look on his face.
I turn and walk toward the bedroom door, swaying my hips just a little more than usual before looking over my shoulder.
“But I didn’t say oral sex in the shower was off-limits.
” Opening the door, I start to run for the bathroom as I hear the creaking sound of the bed and then his feet hit the floor.
“Hell yeah!” he bellows at the top of his voice as he follows me.
I fumble as I try to get the hot water up to temperature in the shower before feeling his chest against my back and then his hands cupping my breasts. He licks up my neck, and the nibbling on my ear makes it so hard for me to concentrate.
“Fuck, you taste so good.” Jake proceeds to drag his lips over my shoulder and down my back, nipping and licking at my skin that is covered in goosebumps. Electricity is coursing through my veins, escalating every time he squeezes my breasts and grazes over my nipples.
The water running over my hand is finally hot enough, and I can’t wait any longer.
Being an old farmhouse, the shower is over the bath, and I haven’t had the funds to renovate it yet.
Stepping in and pulling him in with me, our bodies collide under the warm water.
Jake’s hands are in my hair, and our mouths seek each other out like we have been starved of contact.
Hands roam, lips devour each other, and the water cascades down through all the crevasses of our molded bodies.
It’s my turn to take the lead, and after last night’s awesome sex fest, with the way he made me feel so treasured and wanted, Jake deserves to be worshipped too.
I drop down onto my knees in the bath where his body protects me from the water as it pours down onto his back.
I’m now eye level with his cock that I’ve come to understand how skillful he is at using.
“I should be feasting on you first.” He runs his hand over my head and down through my hair that is all plastered onto my back. His other hand is under my chin, tilting my head to look up at him.
I shake my head. “Let me do this. You won’t regret it, I promise.”
“You on your knees begging to suck me off is a fantasy I didn’t know how much I was longing for until now.” Running his thumb over my wet lips, he stops in the middle of my bottom lip. “Open up for me like a good girl.”
He might have just had a lightning-bolt moment of a fantasy, but that same bolt of electricity just went all the way through me too. Jake standing above me and demanding that I do what he wants has just given me a new desire.
Dropping my lip, his thumb then enters my mouth, and I can see the darkness descend in his eyes.
“Suck it,” he demands in a tone that sends shivers through me.
Dragging my lips back and forth over his thumb, I can’t help pushing my thighs tighter against each other to stem the need to touch myself. Jake wraps my hair around his hand, pulling tighter. Spurring me on.
My hands, that were resting on his thighs to stabilize myself, I’m moving now to wrap one around his cock, and the other to slide down and cup him around his balls. They feel so full as I roll them in my hand while I continue sucking on his thumb.
“Fuuuccckkkk,” he growls as I drag my hand to the tip of his engorged cock, twirling my fingers around it and then back down to the base.
“Open.” His hand is back on my chin, pulling my mouth open as wide as it will go. He’s pushing his hips forward until the tip of his cock is on my bottom lip and my tongue is already out to take the first taste of the precum that is leaking profusely from him.
“You hungry for this cock, beautiful?”
I can tell he’s holding himself back and is close to losing his load before I even take him.
“Ravenous.” I kiss the tip before opening my mouth again, ready to take him.
“Then take what you want from me,” he growls.
Rubbing my thighs together, I try so hard not to come just from his words.
With my hand, I feed his cock into my hungry mouth, running my tongue along the vein protruding on the underside of it.
Warm water from the shower pools around my knees, and I realize Jake has placed his heel over the drain so the tub is starting to fill. He doesn’t need to worry about keeping me warm, because I’m burning up with sexual heat.
The harder and faster I suck, the more his body takes over, pumping in and out of my mouth, using me just how he needs to get off, and I’m here for it.
“Spread your knees,” he groans demandingly. “Touch yourself.”